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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

 

Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Web page :
Not available

Authority :
CGS 54-124a through 54-131g.

History :

1903, Indeterminate Sentencing Law passed. Each of the state prisons authorized their own paroles.
1957, P.A. 57-461 created a 3 member Board of Parole to replace the State Prison Board of Directors as the paroling authority.
1968, July 1, Dept. of Correction established with an autonomous, single State Board of Parole, to replace the former three separate boards of parole.
2001, July 1, replaced by Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles per P.A. 04-234.

Histories/Articles :
Connecticut. General Assembly. Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee. Board of Parole and parole services. Hartford, CT: The Committee, [1993].[CSL Call Number ConnDoc G256pre par]

Agency Documents and Records in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Board of Parole.

Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc P244 rep]
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d] and 2002-, the online version

State Archives Record Group : RG 043

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

James J. McIlduff, Executive Secretary 1957-1968
Chairman  
J. Bernard Gates 1968-1978
Richard J. Reddington 1978-1988
Henry A. Bissonnette, Jr. 1988-1990
Pasquale A. Mangini 1990-1994
John E. Meeker 1994-1996
Michael L. Mullen 1996-2004

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.